How Long to Read America's Strategy in World Politics

How Long Does it Take to Read America's Strategy in World Politics?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 55 minutes to read America's Strategy in World Politics by Nicholas J. Spykman

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Less than a year after the United States entered the Second World War, Nicholas Spykman wrote a book that placed the war effort in the broader context of the 1940s global balance of power. In America's Strategy in World Politics, Spykman examined world politics from a realist geopolitical perspective. The United States, he explained, was fighting for its very survival as an independent country because the conquests of Germany and Japan raised the specter of our geopolitical encirclement by hostile forces controlling the power centers of Europe, the Middle East, and East Asia. Spykman warned that the United States could not safely retreat to a defensive position in the Western Hemisphere. Spykman looked beyond the immediate strategic requirements of the Second World War, envisioning a postwar world in which the United States would help shape the global balance of power to meet its security needs. Even though Soviet Russia was our wartime ally, Spykman recognized that a geopolitically unbalanced Soviet Union could threaten to upset the postwar balance of power and thereby endanger U.S. security. Spykman also foresaw the rise of China in postwar Asia, and the likely need for the United States to ally itself with Japan to balance China's power. He also recognized that the Middle East would play a pivotal role in the postwar world. Spykman influenced American postwar statesmen and strategists. During the Cold War, the U.S. sought to deny the Soviet Union political control of Western Europe, the Middle East, and East Asia. Spykman's geopolitical vision of U.S. security, supported by a balanced Eurasian land mass, coupled with his focus on power as the governing force in international relations, makes America's Strategy in World Politics relevant to the twenty-first century.

How long is America's Strategy in World Politics?

America's Strategy in World Politics by Nicholas J. Spykman is 525 pages long, and a total of 133,875 words.

This makes it 177% the length of the average book. It also has 164% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read America's Strategy in World Politics Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 12 hours and 11 minutes to read America's Strategy in World Politics aloud.

What Reading Level is America's Strategy in World Politics?

America's Strategy in World Politics is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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